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Band of Storms Over West Alabama
A band of showers and storms is over West Alabama at this hour. It extends from northern Pickens and southern Lamar Counties around Millpoty to between Gordo and Coker…to near Greensboro on to near Linden. The storms are moving northeast … Continue reading
Stormy Scene on Mobile Bay
Fairhope, Alabama, on Mobile Bay, is one of the most beautiful spots on Earth. Thanks to Robert Caffee for sharing this photograph of a stormy sky over the Bay this afternoon. Here is an image of the Mobile radar showing … Continue reading
Alabama at 3:15 p.m.
Thunderstorms are entering West Central Alabama at this hour. They extend from Pickens through Greene and Sumter Counties into Choctaw County. The heaviest storm was south of Livingston moving towar Demopolis. Additional storms have formed in the I-20 corridor from … Continue reading
Afternoon Update
Skies are partly cloudy across Central Alabama. Temperatures are warming through the middle and upper 80s at this hour. It is quite humid, with dewpoints between 70F-72F. This is making for a fairly unstable airmass over Alabama with CAPE values … Continue reading
Costliest Tropical Storm in U.S. History
The 2001 North Atlantic Hurricane Season wasted no time in getting started as Tropical Storm Allison formed quickly in an area of disturbed weather over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico on just the fifth day of the season. Allison would … Continue reading
East Alabama Storms
A cluster of storms continues over East Alabama’s Etowah, Calhounn and Cleburne Counties tonight. One storm was forming near the city of Gadsden. The heaviest storms extend from east of Jacksonville to south of Piedmont. The storms are moving to … Continue reading
Book Signing
Author Kelly Kazek, who was a guest on last week’s WeatherBrains, will be signing her new book The History of Alabama’s Deadliest Tornadoes: Disaster in Dixie at the Little Professor Book Store in Homewood Thursday, June 3rd from 5-7 p.m. … Continue reading
Bedtime Check of the Weather
A few showers continue over Northeast Alabama tonight. they are moving north toward Tennessee. The rest of the state is quiet at this hour. I wouldn’t be surprised to see showers and storms develop overnight over eastern Alabama. So you … Continue reading
Here Comes June!
Here comes June… The sixth month of the year in Birmingham features warm temperatures, increasing humidity and generally light precipitation. It is the third driest month, averaging 3.78 inches of rain. Only October and August are drier. Afternoon and evening … Continue reading
Still Searching For Sasha
We had a good lead last night that indicated she was in front of the Food Giant in Moody, but Dave Echols’ dog has still not been located. If you have a chance to post this flyer in the Leeds/Moody … Continue reading
